The architectural design of this house is characterized by the simplification of form, and the elimination of unnecessary detail. The design concept of the Greek architect Nikos Koukourakis and colleagues was to design a modern house with large garden stepping up openings to the interior-exterior relationship. Photos and original text in English in yatzer. Read the rest of this entry »

The owner of the house called home comfort while on vacation, and the memory of the place (I had met the previous summer) were applied, away from fads.

It is a dwelling between party and a penthouse floor and in which the section is considered the key to the configuration of space, although it was in the originally proposed. This is, remained almost entirely the spatial structure of the existing building, but creates double-height spaces, clearances are corrected, it is a clean work space and creates a natural light axis crossing the housing main body from east to west, from the doors and through the stairs, which does not have risers to promote this visual axis.

In this part of the dwelling is located more public program, access, toilet, kitchen, living room and master bedroom, located in the attic and open to be. Read the rest of this entry »

In his office ran the legation of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918.

This presence is reflected in its forms and meanings: the highest dome, crowned by a sun, represents the image of Kaiser Franz Joseph I of Austria, while the juvenile has a crown and a moon (now lost) that symbolize the figure of Empress (SISSI) Elizabeth, Queen of Bavaria, Austria. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear friends, the Lord of Luren Sanctuary is about to be demolished. Ica religious icon, built brick by brick ONLY by civility Ica by faith that you have your pattern jury, no longer exist unless we do something to stop it.

One of the actions that take place to prevent this cultural attack is the Human Chain to be held physically outside the Sanctuary of the Lord of Luren in Ica, Saturday 7 am to 5 pm. But do not wait till Saturday, we start from today. It is our civic and moral obligation to spread what the Bishop of Ica, in collusion with the INC, intend to do with the collective historical memory of the parishioners beaten and Ica, and what they intend to do with our cultural identity, it is not only a blow to Ica, is a blow to all Peruvians.

I ask you partake of this unprecedented action in defense of a Religious historic building in our country, a monument that would be respected anywhere in the world. If we can prevent it, sit a great precedent for civil authorities and / or religious, do not conflict with what belongs to all Peruvians. Read the rest of this entry »

In a plot with a steep slope and orientation North, as well as the coast and therefore of the view, housing is placed next to the entrance, straying away from him to the house of the shadows and seek as much sunlight as possible. It is a diversion, but also the beginning of a new road, the pedestrian, which leads to the house, serving as a prelude to the path of the plot, which descends to the sea.

In the conditions of the site is derived from both a desire to disappear as the need to protect, in those days, common on our coast, where the northwest wind and rain make the place unpleasant. The road tour is looking for such protection from the wind, making the wall that is folded and looking for a deep place from which to observe the landscape. The hearings come and go on this journey to make them less obvious.